Tumbler-washer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. EVANS, OF NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK.

,TUMBLER-WASHER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of l'letters ra No. 602,190, dated April 12, 1398.

Application filed July 2; .1897. Serial No. 643.316- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Tonawanda, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented a new and,

useful Improvement 'in Tumbler-Washers,

as set forth in the annexed specification and Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which like notation designates similar parts, Figure 1 is a Vertically longitudinalsectional view of my invention through the line 0 P of Fig. 2, while Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view through the line M N of Fig. 1, both of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In reducing my invention to practice I provide a stationary brush D, secured to a suitable shell L, embracing the apparatus, and adjacent to this stationary brush is provided a rotary brush 0, adapted to be revolved by the water-wheel B, mounted upon the same horizontal shaft and situated within the easing A, said casing having an injection-pipe I and a discharge-opening F leading into the tumbler K being cleansed and also'into the brush 0, which I prefer to make open-work or hollow. The casing A is provided also with an overflow G and a deflector-plate J, adjacent to the pipe F, for directing the water into it, this latter being more clearly shown in Fig. 2, to which Iwill now refer.

The action of my invention is as follows: Water being admitted by the inlet at .I to the wheel B causes its rotation, which rotation causesa corresponding rotary movement of the brush 0, over which the tumbler K to be,

cleansed is held, and is thus cleaned under the combined action of the brush and the flushing of the water discharged from F. Af

freely with the brush 0 and its exterior pressed against by the tumbler forces the brush against the tumblers exterior, thus in- 'suriiig a good contact between the two.

In case the discharge-water at any time cannot be carried 01f by the discharge F it will back up in the casing A until the overflow G is reached, when the surplus will be carried off without going into the tumbler.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In atumbler-washer, the combination of a casing provided with a water-inlet, a stationary brush attached to said casing, a hollow rotary brush mounted on a shaft journaled in the casing, a water-wheel on said shaft within the casing, a discharge-pipe leading from the casing to the interior of said hollow brush, and a deflecting-plate within the casing adjacent to said wheel, for deflecting discharge-water into the discharge-pipe, all substantially as described.

2. In a tumbler-washer, the combination of a casing provided with a water-inlet, a stationary brush attached to said casing, a hollow rotary brush mounted on a shaft journaled in the casing, a water-wheel on said shaft within the casing and a discharge-pipe leading from the casing to the interior of said hollow brush, substantially as described.

3. In a tumbler-washer, the combination of a casing containing a rotary water-motor, a hollow rotary brush operated by said motor, a spring-supported stationary brush attached to the casing adjacent the rotary brush and a projection on the stationary brush adapted to be engaged by the article being cleansed and thereby force the brush against its exterior surface, substantially as described.

JOSEPH J. EVANS.

Witnesses:

J. B. SNOW, T. W. BANALLY. 

